Astrolabe (disambiguation)
Astronomy[edit]
An astrolabe (as the word is used from the medieval period through today) is the name of a specific astronomical instrument.
Prior to that, "astrolabe" was an adjective in ancient times describing any tool made for taking the position of stars, for instance by Ptolemy in the Almagest.[1][2]
Astrolabe may also refer to:
Places[edit]
- Astrolabe Bay, a large body of water off the northern coast Papua New Guinea
- Astrolabe Island, an island in the Bransfield Strait, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica
- Astrolabe Lake, a lake in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
- Astrolabe Reef, a reef located off the port of Tauranga, New Zealand
Other uses[edit]
- French ship Astrolabe, several French ships
- Astrolabe Company, a German colonial society
- Astrolabe languages, a group of Austronesian languages of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
- Mariner's astrolabe, a navigational tool that differs from a proper astrolabe
- Astrolabe, the son of Abelard (c. 1079–1142) and Heloise
See also[edit]
- Astrolab, an astronomy museum associated with the Mont Mégantic Observatory in Mont Mégantic Park, Québec, Canada
- Astrolabe v. Olson, a 2011 lawsuit filed against the maintainers of the tz Database
References[edit]
- ^ Ptolemaeus, Claudius (1998). Ptolemy's Almagest (1. Princeton paperback printing ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 9780691002606.
- ^ Neugebauer, Otto (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy: Part Two; Book III: Egypt; Book IV: Early Greek Astronomy; Book V: Astronomie during the Roman Imperial Period and. Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer. p. 871. ISBN 978-3540069959.